Engraving metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade · Michigan

Material Sciences Corporation

Canton, MI · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Material Sciences Corporation runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Engraving metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

Material Sciences Corporation: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Engraving metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Material Sciences Corporation safety composite

Material Sciences Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Material Sciences Corporation: 8.3 → 10.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3.3× in 2024

Material Sciences Corporation's TCR rose 1.8 from 8.3 in 2019 to 10.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Canton, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #21/47
  • PHOTO CWST-WILMINGTON,MA
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CWST-WILMINGTON,MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Material Sciences Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Material Sciences Corporation averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Engraving metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Material Sciences Corporation TCR series: 2019=8.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Material Sciences Corporation falls in its industry

646 Engraving metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 47 Engraving metals and metal pro employers in Michigan.

Material Sciences Corporation (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Material Sciences Corporation
Material Sciences Corporation (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Material Sciences Corporation has fewer employees than the Engraving metals and metal products (exc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 10.1 10.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MI · Canton

646 Engraving metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Canton, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR CWST-WILMINGTON,MA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Materials 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR APPLIED MATERIALS FINISHING 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Coaters of Ohio 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6801 Headquarters 1,085 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sysco Detroit 397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DDT9 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3476 341 FTE
NAT-TCR Tarco of Texas 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Runnings of Redwing 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Homestead Towneplace Suites 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pellicci Ace Hardware - Farmington 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dal-Tile 109 Denver 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dal-Tile 188 Salt Lake City 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rail Connection Miller 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE HFLCC02 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.